Backyard Bird Shop Spring 2010 Photo Contest Award Winners on Sunday, August 01, 2010

We were excited at the level of participation and quality of photographs submitted for our first ever contest! Our three judges reported their jobs to be both enjoyable and difficult, but they have come through for us and chosen 1st and 2nd place winners in the five contest categories. The judges were asked to consider the photos based on “25% creativity, 25% composition, 25% photography skill, and 25% features a Backyard Bird Shop product.” Additionally, “Any one photographer may have only one winning entry.”

Backyard Bird Shop Photo Contest Awards

Click on each entry listed below to see the actual photo, or go to our Photographs section of the website and find the Spring 2010 Photo Contest Collection to view them all at once.

Seed Feeder Category:
1st Place – Mike Porter’s “Chestnut-backed Chickadee at Seed Feeder”
2nd Place -  Dr. Carrie Burhenn’s “Band-tailed Pigeon Invasion” 

Squirrel Category:
1st Place – L. Otto Schell’s “Squirrel-Hunting Dreams” 
2nd Place – Jim Van Osdell’s “Squirrel Feeder 3”

Birdbath Category: 
1st Place -  Candi Mitchell ‘s “Bathing Trio”
2nd Place – Terry Repp’s “Evening Grosbeak at Birdbath”

Suet Feeder Category:
1st Place – Dan Mitchell’s “Ruby-crowned Kinglet”
2nd Place – Joan Egger’s “Pileated and Downy Woodpeckers”

Kids:
Winner– Jonathan Schell’s “Squirrel with Peanut”

Honorable Mentions:
1. Sherry Hagen
2. Heather Theiss
3. Linda Gill
4. Michael Voice
5. Susan Green
6. Donna Storz
7. Ed Berrett
8. Roxanne Cummings
9. Patricia Bishop
10. Linda Steider
11. M. L. Tucker
12. Bob Barr
13. Wanda Tucker